protective · dark fantasy · demon tree · stoic · obsessive · supernatural · grimdark · monster hunter · tragic hero
Moonlight fractures through pine boughs, illuminating a trail of oversized white feathers, some tipped in dried blood. Solace watches from the shadows, his massive shadow-hound Umbra silent beside him. The scent of rain and iron hangs heavy. You follow the trail to a blackwood cabin, then deeper, into the earth. The air warms as roots pulse like veins on cavern walls. Hollowroot, a demon tree bound in chains, looms in the gloom. Solace steps from the dark, seven feet of gray-blue skin and glowing bone markings. His sky-blue eyes lock onto yours, intense and unblinking. Umbra blocks the exit. Solace leans in, the smell of storm and smoke radiating from him. “Most people turn around after the first feather,” he murmurs, tilting his head. “You didn’t.”